Global Politics & News

"According to two crisis consultants and a management professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School, Apple has moved too slowly to address the labor problems in its supply change." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Germany has delayed signing an international copyright treaty that has some Internet users worried about online censorship, joining Poland and the Czech Republic in hesitating on the issue. The Foreign Ministry said Germany held off on signing the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, "to leave room for discussions" after the Justice Ministry voiced concerns. An official signature is needed before the deal can go to Parliament for approval." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"The U.N. got it wrong on Himalaya’s glaciers -- and the proof is finally here. The authors of the U.N.’s climate policy guide were red-faced two years ago when it was revealed that they had inaccurately forecast that the Himalayan glaciers would melt completely in 25 years, vanishing by the year 2035. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and director general of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Dehli, India, ultimately issued a statement offering regret for what turned out to be a poorly vetted statement." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

The estimate for the region they call 'High Mountain Asia' is certainly much lower than previous estimates. Most of their regional mass loss estimates seem to be lower than expected, but the Himalaya+ region is the one that's most off. Ice melting outside of Greenland and Antarctica is still estimated to have contributed 0.41 ± 0.08 mm/yr to sea level rise in the period 2003-2010. This... more... - Eivind

"Apple's attempt to secure a preliminary ban on Samsung's Galaxy 10.1N and Galaxy Nexus in Germany has apparently failed. A regional court in Munich gave Apple's motion to block sales of Samsung's tablet and smartphone the big thumbs down Thursday." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Bloomingdale’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Gould is a fan of President Barack Obama’s efforts to speed up tourist visas for Chinese and Brazilian shoppers. Doing so would create an “immediate” surge in retail sales as foreign shoppers clamor for Marc Jacobs and Kate Spade designs, Gould said in a telephone interview Jan. 27. The department store chain is preparing for a potential boom by tailoring merchandise assortments to Brazilian and Chinese tastes and advertising outside of the U.S. for the first time." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

They're already doing this at Mall of America in MN where Bloomies wants to close teh store #CEOaremorons - WarLord

"Summary: Twitter said today that it will begin censoring tweets, if required by law, on a country-by-country basis. Europeans and Americans, however, will most likely be affected." - Jim from Bookmarklet

eesh - Prosey BUTTONS!

"According to the Blue Arkansas blog, the campaign manager to Ken Aden, who’s running for the state’s third congressional district, came home last night to discover the family pet had been murdered and left on their front porch, as if the attacker wanted it to be discovered." - Jim from Bookmarklet

"Apple, the computer giant whose sleek products have become a mainstay of modern life, is dealing with a public relations disaster and the threat of calls for a boycott of its iPhones and iPads. The company's public image took a dive after revelations about working conditions in the factories of some of its network of Chinese suppliers." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"The company, which reported $13 billion in profits yesterday, has been plagued by reports of long hours, unsafe working conditions, and physical punishment of employees in factories that make parts for its popular devices. Dozens have been injured and a handful killed in explosions and other accidents at the plants. In a seven-month span last year, two explosions at iPad factories in China, including at the Chengdu facility, killed four and injured 77" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"In an interview with CNET, Ira Rothken, an attorney well known in the tech sector for defending Web sites accused of copyright violations, said that his clients are assembling a team of crack copyright, criminal and technology attorneys to defend them in courts across the globe." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Buoyed by strong crude prices, drilling for oil and gas in Western Canada hit a five-year high for the season as producers put in motion their winter action plans. The number of rigs in the ground last week reached an 83 per cent utilization rate, a level for the beginning of January not seen since the heady days of 2006 when service companies were frantically trying to capture high natural gas and oil prices." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said on Sunday it would be "over the top" to file criminal charges against four US Marines who urinated on dead militants in Afghanistan." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"The Obama administration plans a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the United States, a senior administration official said." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

1. Building a 500-mile car battery - Lit

Fuel from the ocean floor? Yikes! Lets not. - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

"[Hacker] groups realised that by using the Anonymous name they could effectively use other Anonymous members as a 'human' shield and have some plausible deniability... Using Anonymous, anyone can hack/leak and delete corporate or government secrets and make it look like it was the 'hacktivists' that did it." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

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Jim -- Ron Paul is the only candidate who has stood up for Bradley Manning. Ron Paul is a hero -- a person of courage -- not a coward, like all the other candidates (including Barack Obama). - Sean McBride

"After a legal process lasting more than 7 years, the creator of Japan’s most popular P2P file-sharing application has finally been cleared by the country’s Supreme Court. After his initial arrest in 2004 on copyright infringement grounds, the former university researcher has been on a roller coaster ride of convictions, fines, and appeals. Now, barring a dispute on rare technical grounds, his ordeal is over." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"In Germany however, where Android holds 61% of the market and Samsung’s Galaxy S II remains the top-selling handset, Apple’s share slid from 27% during the three-month period ending in November 2010 to 22% during the same period this year. The iPhone lost even more ground in France, where Apple’s share dropped to 20% from 29% over year-over-year." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Awesome - Shevonne

"In less than 48 hours, Apple has been hit with three devastating court rulings. The Australian High Court ruled that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 did not infringe on any patents, a U.S. court rejected Apple’s case to ban Galaxy devices stateside and now the German courts have ruled in favor of Motorola. Is this the definition of irony?" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"A Newcastle University professor, whose research questions the science behind climate change says he feels vindicated by recent leaked emails from an international expert on the subject." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Asian nation is churning out scores of new millionaires each year" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"foreigners are America’s hidden strength, a key reason why this country has long maintained its dynamism while others, such as Japan, which remain insular and ethnically homogeneous, have fallen by the wayside." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Um, if I were in a plane and saw that angle of the Statue of Liberty, I would not look so calm. - Akiva

"In what some consider to be a landmark decision, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to monitor consumer traffic in order to block copyright infringement is incompatible with European Union laws." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Western leaders who backed the uprisings against authoritarian regimes in Egypt and Tunisia were being "naive", he added." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Four British men charged with computer hacking in connection with online groups LulzSec and Anonymous will not stand trial before November next year. The four – Peter David Gibson, 22, Ashley Rhodes, 26, Christopher Weatherhead, 20 and a 17-year-old student – were given a provisional trial date of 7 November 2012 at a short hearing at Southwark crown court in London on Friday." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Why am I not surprised? - Steven Perez

Yep...*sigh*... - Prosey BUTTONS!

This, of course, begs the question: if this is one lobbyist that we know of, how many others have been pumping out misinformation for the last two months? - Steven Perez

"Banners waved and angry slogans echoed as tens of thousands of Egyptians protested Friday against the ruling military council, which they blame for hijacking a revolution that once bore the hope of leading the restive Arab world toward democracy." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet